Five bus manufacturers will benefit from orders for their eco-friendly hybrid, electric and gas
buses, with many of the buses being assembled in the UK. The manufacturers which stand
to benefit are Alexander Dennis Limited, BYD, Optare, Scania and Volvo.

The winners, who will add 83 single-decker and 130 double-decker buses to their fleets,
are spread across England and include Stagecoach and First Group. The local councils
involved in the initiative include the City of York, Greater Manchester, Nottingham City and
Transport for London.

Route 11 will be the second route converted to operate with the New Bus for London, which runs between Liverpool Street Station and Fulham Broadway. Start date is Saturday 21/09/13 - pvr 25.

New TfL Area Publicity:

The "Continuing your journey from Kings Cross St. Pancras" leaflet has been reprinted. It now shows route 46 to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and is dated February 2013 - TFL25785.02.13. As reported before, the Camden Town CYJ has been reprinted to show the extension of route 46, but surprisingly, the CYJs for Chancery lane and Paddington, which also list route 46 have not been reprinted and still show the terminal as Holborn Circus. Just to note that there is no CYJ for Lancaster Gate.

A new London & the South East Rail Service map has been produced. It is green and dated 19th May 2013. This map is generally only available from National Rail stations and has been difficult to find this last week or so. The Information desk at St. Pancras Thameslink, at the back of the station next to the ticket office has them, if you cannot find the map elsewhere.

Updated Information

[Arriva London]
DW541 - LJ13CFA - now in service on route 67 from Tottenham Garage [AR].
DW544 - LJ13CFF - now in service on route 67 from Tottenham Garage [AR].
DW551 - LJ13CDY- now in service on route 67 from Tottenham Garage [AR].
DW554 - LJ13CEF- now in service on route 67 from Tottenham Garage [AR].
DW577 - LJ13CJU - now in service on route 121 from Enfield Garage [E]
EN21 - GN57BPX - now in service on routes 192 / 318 from Leeside Garage [LV].
HV85 - LJ13FDG - now in service on route 29 from Wood Green Garage [WN].
HV86 - LJ13FDK - now in service on route 29 from Wood Green Garage [WN].
HV87 - LJ13FDL - now in service on route 29 from Wood Green Garage [WN].

[Metroline]
TEH1463 - LK13BHN - now in service on routes from Cricklewood Garage [W].
TEH1464 - LK13BHO - now in service on routes from Cricklewood Garage [W].
TEH1461 - LK13BHJ - now in service on routes from Cricklewood Garage [W].
TEH1465 - LK13BHP - now in service on routes from Cricklewood Garage [W].

Route 44 [London General - AL] - Contract retained by London General with 17 existing fleet double deckers. New timetable to improve punctuality and with the 00:30 journey from Victoria replaced by an N44 trip.

Route 77 [London General - AL] - Contract retained by London General with 17 existing fleet double deckers. New timetable to improve punctuality.

Route 87 [London General - SW] - Contract retained by London General with 21 existing fleet double deckers. New timetable to improve punctuality.

Route 88 [London General - SW] - New H37/24D E40H/Enviro400 hybrid buses introduced. UW 11920kgs. These buses have been swapped from route 87 at the request of Transport for London. Most of these buses have been phased into service this week. In addition, EH1-EH5 are expected to also be allocated to this route, making 23 buses available for a pvr of 22, so it is unlikely that there will always be a full EH allocation.

Route 219 [London General - AL] - Contract retained by London General with 11 new B31D 10.8m Streetlite DF single deckers. UW 8097kgs. New timetable to improve punctuality. Some of these buses have phased into service this week.

Route 455 [Abellio - BC] - Temporarily withdrawn between Old Lodge Lane and Reedham Fire Station owing to road works - see route 599. Temporary timetable introduced. Please note that the first and last journeys towards Wallington will both operate later than normal.

Route 463 [Quality Line - EB] - New timetable to improve punctuality. Last journeys in both directions, and also first journeys in both directions on Sundays, will run about 10 minutes later.

Route 599 [Abellio - BC] - Temporary free shuttle service operated by Abellio with 1 single decker between Old Lodge Lane and Reedham station during road works in Old Lodge Lane. Every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytimes, 30 evenings and Sundays and will last about three months.

[Abellio] - Ten new 8.9m Alexander Dennis E20D Enviro 200 single deckers are scheduled for an immediate phased delivery, due to be completed in mid-June. These buses are for the new contract on route K1 (currently operated by London United) to be operated from Fulwell Garage [TF] from 29/06/2013.

[Abellio] - Twelve new 10.8m Alexander Dennis E20D Enviro 200 single deckers are scheduled for an immediate phased delivery, due to be completed in mid-June. These buses are for the new contract on route K3 (currently operated by London United) to be operated from Fulwell Garage [TF] from 29/06/2013.

[Arriva London] - Seven B26F 8.9m Enviro 200 single deckers are being cascaded from Arriva Kent Thameside, following the loss of the contract for route 233. They are undergoing refurbishment inside and outside, are being fitted with white blinds and allocated to Leeside Road Garage [LV] for the new contract on route 318 commencing on 09/11/13, to upgrade the buses on this route and to release PDL45-51. Most have been phased into service as soon as they were refurbished.

[Go Ahead London] - One new H41/24D Alexander Dennis E40D Enviro 400 double decker has been delivered for the new contract on route 231 for Northumberland Park Garage [NP] commencing on 08/06/13. UW 11615 kgs. It entered service on route 191 on 31/05/13.

E276 - SN13CJE - body no. C438/1 - IN SERVICE

[Go Ahead London] - One new 10.4m B31D Wrightbus StreetLite DF single decker has been delivered for delivery for route 327 at Northumberland Park Garage [NP] for the new contract commencing on 08/06/13. The bus used will be one of the batch (WS21-WS32), most of which are entering service on route 491 on 01/06/13.

[First] - Ten new H41/24D Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double deckers are now being delivered for the new contract on route 425 from Lea Interchange Garage [LI], commencing on 06/07/13. When the contract starts, the First operations will have transferred to Tower Transit, so these buses may never see service with First. It is understood that the buses delivered so far do not carry any operator decals.

[Metroline] - Delivery continues for the new "New Bus for London" buses for route 24. The buses are being delivered to CELF and from there to Perivale East [PV] to be stored until required for service on 22/06/13. The four buses that have been registered with "LK13" plates are being used on driver training. It is estimated that around half of the batch have been delivered, but due to the security around these buses, there is not a correct list of exactly which ones have been delivered to Metroline.

[Metroline] - All of the batch of 19 H37/24D Alexander Dennis E40H Enviro400 hybrid double deckers (TEH1449-TE1467) for route 189 at Cricklewood Garage [W] have been delivered, which are either still at CELF or stored at PV. UW 11900kgs. Entry into service is progressing slowly.

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